ciborium

Senso (Inglese)

1. A fixed vaulted canopy over a Christian altar, supported on four columns.
2. A covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist.

Concetti

ciborio

sinonimi

pyx

Traduzioni

Ziborium

ciboire

ciborium

ciborie

στέγασμα βωμού

κιβώριο

kelk

hostiekelk

ciborium

baldaquí

copón

copó

hostiera

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/sɪˈbɔəɹɪəm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking-cup”), from Ancient Greek κιβώριον (kibṓrion, “the Egyptian water-lily’s cupulate seed pod”, or “a drinking-cup fashioned therefrom”). Doublet of cimborio.